I've been thinking about sports a lot recently (in large part as a result of Longread #221), and as a result, I enjoyed reading this article about basketball in Afghanistan. I thought it used the first-person effectively and offered an important perspective on the way that sports gain meaning in different cultural contexts.
"Basketball Diaries, Afghanistan" by Peretz Partensky
Published in n+1, December 5, 2012
http://nplusonemag.com/basketball-diaries-afghanistan
Eric
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